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With Sustainability Hays Verdict Reached Hope For Trapped Free Speech Trial
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
In an effort to provide the commu-
nity with the latest environmental
updates, the University has launched
its rst ever Sustainability website.
Just go to http://new.hartford.edu/
sustainability/ to nd out everything
the University is doing to encourage
and promote a cleaner environment
on and around campus.
The website is then broken down
into several subcategories where
one can navigate to exactly what
they are looking for. It provides
detailed information on everything
from energy, recycling and food,
to different student groups and
organization around campus that
are making a difference.
For example, under the ““energy
category,”” plans to make the Sports
Center partially solar powered
are explained, an effort most of
the University was most likely
unaware of before. The specics
of the success the University has
with recycling and environmentally
friendly food services can be found
on the website as well. Just this
year the University has switched to
single-stream recycling, ““which re-
duces the need to sort materials into
multiple containers,”” an element
of recycling that will hopefully
inuence further efforts.
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The website also features a
section about past sustainability
projects that have taken place
around campus and any grants
that have been received.
On top of the website that
can be found directly from the
University of Hartford website,
there is also a sustainability blog
which describes all the latest
sustainability news, a great place
to look if any student is inter-
ested in getting involved with
the initiative. The blog can be
found at http://sustainableuha.
blogspot.com.
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Steven Hayes was convicted of
16 out of 17 charges Tuesday.
Steven Hayes was found guilty on
16 of 17 charges this Tuesday for his
invasion of Dr. William Petit’’s home
in Chesire, CT, three years ago.
However, a verdict on how exactly
Hayes will pay for the crime is yet
to be determined. The decision on
whether he will be sentenced to life
in prison or the death penalty is just
two weeks away.
Hayes and an accompliss broke
into the Petit home in 2007, mur-
dering Dr. Petit’’s wife and two
daughters.
Since then the crime has gained
national attention and Dr. Petit has
committed himself to gaining justice
for the horrendous acts.
Read more about these, and other stories at cnn.com.
Find out more about these stories at CNN.com
Chilean Miners
Thirty-three miners trapped in
Chile may be rescued sooner than
expected.
The miners have been trapped
underground for two weeks after
the collapse of tons of rocks that
blocked the entrance to the mine.
High power drills were brought in
on Sept. 20 in the mission to rescue
the miners. Good news has come
to them as the drills may reach the
miners as early as this weekend.
With a rescue capsule, the miners
will soon be safe at the surface.
Terrorist Alerts For
Travelers In Europe
Americans were warned this week
about traveling to Europe because
of a high risk of terror.
Now, although not as a response to
the warning from the United States,
France is warning its citizens about
traveling within the continent for the
same reason.
After seizing 12 people for possi-
bly terrorist ties on Tuesday, France
is discouraging people from travel-
ing to the United Kingdom for the
time being.
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Members of Westboro Baptish
church protest in Topeka, KA.
The Supreme Court is hearing out
a debate on the rights of free speech
at funerals.
The debate was sparked after
members of the Westboro Baptist
Church stood with signs reading
““thank God for dead soldiers”” 300
feet away from he funeral of Lance
Cpl. Matthew Snyder in 2006.
Snyder’’s father sued the church,
a case which was won.
However, the church appealed
the decision in the 4th circuit which
then changed sides, saying the
church’’s rst amendmend rights
were violated.
The issue has now reached the
Supreme Court for a nal decision.

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Mental Health Screenings Offered Alternative Spring Break
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
In honor of National Depres-
sion Screening Day on Oct. 7, the
University is offering a free online
mental health screening.
The online screening can be
found at http://mentalhealthscreen-
ing.org/screening/univofhartford.
It asks students anonymously
simple questions that can deter-
mine if there is something wrong.
Specic questions are asked geared
toward different problems includ-
ing depression, bipolar disorder,
generalized anxiety disorder, and
post-traumatic stress disorder.
At the end of the brief survey
there is feedback along with recom-
mendations to campus resources
if a student feels the need to seek
further help.
““We’’ve actually been doing
$500 Prize In Essay Contest
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
Any student here at Hartford is
invited to enter an essay contest in
honor of Dr. Martin Luther King,
the winner of which will receive a
$500 gift card.
The University’’s Dr. Martin
Luther King Celebration Planning
Committee is sponsoring the contest
in conjunction with their annual
celebration event that will be held
in Lincoln Theater on Jan. 17, 2011.
On top of the surely helping $500
gift card, the winner will be invited
to the event and their essay will be
published in the program.
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these screenings for many years,
and it is available year round on
our website,”” said Dave Albert, of
the Counseling and Psychological
Services (CAPS) at the University.
However, he also pointed out
that the screenings, particularly
the depression screening, is being
highlighted during this week.
The University nds this in-
creasingly important because
mental health issues among college
students are all too common. Ac-
cording to a report by the American
Psychological Association, there
are more students on college cam-
puses with mental health issues than
in the past; however, there are also
more students who willingly seek
help for these problems on campus.
According to Albert, there are
students every year who utilize the
screening to actually proactively
conde in CAPS to better them-
selves. ““This screening is a good
The topic of the essay this year is
intended to reect how we are going
about carrying out the ideas of Dr.
King today.
Specically, the essay question
is ““Dr. Martin Luther King often
spoke of his goal of the ““Beloved
Community”” in which all would
be respected and the contributions
of all honored. What are the major
obstacles that hinder us from achiev-
ing this Beloved Community in the
United States in 2011? How can
those obstacles be addressed?””
Anybody at the University is
eligible to enter the contest as there
are three categories including the
University division, fourth and fth
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place to point you in the right
direction for help,”” said Albert.
““It’’s a win win.””
For this reason, the University
provides places to turn for those
who feel they need a little extra
help. Any student can call CAPS
at (860)-768-4482 to schedule
an appointment with a therapist
who can provide further insight
on survey feedback or help with
any other mental health issues.
graders at the magnet school, as
well as students from the Uni-
versity High School of Science
and Engineering.
All submissions will be
judged by faculty at the Uni-
versity, and based on relevance
to the theme, originality, clar-
ity, logic, accuracy, fairness,
informed thoughtfulness and
mechanics.
The essays must be limited to
750 words and must be submit-
ted by Nov. 3 at 4 p.m.
For more information, to
download the entry form, or
for further questions, visit the
article on Unotes.com.
Aids Communities In Need
By Karen Arakelian
Staff Writer
Every year the University offers
a chance for students to give back
to their community during their
spring break.
This year students will have a
choice of going to either Savannah,
GA or Wilmington, NC.
This year the center of community
service, the ofce of residential life
and the ofce of student activities
has teamed up to sponsor the event
and provide new opportunities.
All together 18 students and three
advisors will be going on the trip.
The advisory board which are the
three ofces will come together to
choose who will go, an informal
interview will be had to get to know
the students.
The activities are immersion
projects which are centered on the
students getting familiar with the
community they will be in. Some
of the projects include working in
soup kitchens, helping to build a
house, clean ups and working at
YMCA centers.
Applications are available at the
center of community service,which
is located at GSU room 209, and
the applications are due by Oct. 25,
2010. This trip provides leadership
experience, building relationships,
new friends and life time memories.
Matt Blocker, who is the director
of the center for community service,
said that ““Alternative spring break
opens students eyes, and it is so
nice to see students take their spring
break off to help benet communi-
ties in need.””
This is also the rst year that the
three ofces are coming together
to collaborate on alternative spring
break.
Another aspect of the trip that is
different is that the advisors will
be making a schedule for the stu-
dents so that every day is packed
with new activities centered on
improving the community.
Students will work to their
fullest potential, but also have an
opportunity to tour the community
that they are in and have a night
out on the town.
Students need not worry about
the details, because the advi-
sory board will be taking care of
transportation, food and accom-
modations.
Throughout the year there will
be fundraisers, one of which will
be several Krispy Kreme and bake
sales. The goal is to raise enough
money that each student is paying
$150 instead of $600 dollars for
the trip.
In past years groups such as
Habitat for Humanity, Hawk Hall
Community Service RLC, Hartford
Hillel and the Campus Activities
Team have participated in the Alter-
native spring break and have traveled
to communities in need such as last
year’’s trip to New Orleans.
The groups made major contribu-
tions to the communities and have
also proven what an amazing experi-
ence the trip is.
Not only is it a hands-on experi-
ence with the communities but it is
also a bonding experience with the
individuals in the group and those
of the community in need.
As a program that has been going
on for years, the opportunities that
come along with Alternative Spring
Break won’’t be going anywhere.
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CNN Becoming Less Relevant Film Hurts Campaign

Viewers Flocking To Other Networks
Last week CNN made headlines
when it red its late afternoon an-
chor Rick Sanchez for making just
plain stupid comments, calling Jon
Stewart a ““bigot.””
It’’s an important loss for the
network as it’’s doing everything in
its power to evolve into something
bigger and Sanchez was part of that
vision--he anchored a prime time
version of his programming up until
two weeks ago.
However, for years, CNN has
struggled to maintain viewership
across the board, though its daytime
programming fared the best.
CNN has two problems it needs to
address if it wants to keep viewers
glued to the screen.
It starts with the faces. Rick
Sanchez wasn’’t the only insuffer-
able anchor.
Over the summer, the now-
unemployed Sanchez was covering
a plane crash and said that he was
““ying blind”” in regards to details
about the accident.
The problem is with the rest of
the anchor lineup for the ““CNN
Newsroom”” program’’s anchors.
Specifically, Tony Harris. How
he manages to host a few hours
of programming every weekday
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scares me.
Harris seems to be playing a ““Ron
Burgundy”” version of himself every
time he takes the set. It seems every
time they cut back to the anchor he’’s
looking off at the monitor, discuss-
ing the topic, before looking at the
camera.
Second on the list of xes is the
programming at night. CNN just
introduced ““Parker Spitzer,”” star-
ring infamous former New York
Gov. Eliot Spitzer and columnist
Kathleen Parker. Now, I haven’’t
watched, because as I said before,
the network is becoming more and
more irrelevant.
New York Times columnist
Alessandra Stanley’’s referred to
the ““ickiness factor”” that the show
possessed in its premiere.
The charities that were backing the
10:10 environmental campaign lm
directed by Richard Curtis told The
Observer that they were ““absolutely
It seems to be trying too hard appalled”” by the content of the four-
to, as Stanley notes, emulate minute short, which was immediately
a ner program on MSNBC, withdrawn from circulation after re-
““Morning Joe.”” ceiving a massive amount of negative Danielle Huppke •• Managing Editor
The program hosted by Joe media attention. huppke@hartford.edu
Scarbourough and Mika Brzez- The lm was entitled ““No Pressure””
inski features a roundtable of Twitter: @danielle618
and went up on the 10:10 website last
panelists every morning and Friday. It was meant to promote the would surprise people and ignite a
makes for compelling televi- 10:10 movement, a British campaign reaction; the lm was satirical with
sion every day with a hint of to get citizens and businesses to com- tongue in cheek humor but overall
off-putting product placement mit to reducing their carbon emissions left people with a sour taste in their
with Starbucks Coffee cups pro- by 10 percent in 1 year. mouths.
liferating on the desks on the set. ““No Pressure”” had an immediate With terror threats being such a
Many have pointed that the backlash, completely undermining prevalent issue in Britain, viewers
reason why the other competing the desired results the charity back- automatically began to make the
news networks, Fox and MS- ers and the 10:10 committee had connection with being blown up as
NBC, have taken off in recent intended upon. being an act of terrorist act, which
years is because each network The short lm directed by the scared many.
has a partisan spin. same man responsible for romantic- The intent of the lm was not to
That’’s not the issue, really. comedies such as ““Four Weddings threaten people by saying that if they
CNN just doesn’’t have the on-air And A Funeral”” and ““Love Actually”” didn’’t comply with the movement that
talent that the other networks do had a complete change of pace with they were going to be the target of an
and because of that, viewers are this twisted portrayal of how to make attack, but it did imply it.
ocking to these other networks. people reduce their carbon footprint. The Guardian, backer of 10:10, to
If CNN maintained that faux The short lm opens with a teacher the Observer said, ““The lm may have
integrity in their newsmanship addressing her class and explain- been somewhat tasteless, but it was
and just hired better talent. ing why they should participate in an imaginative attempt to challenge
Regardless, in an age of news the movement, when she asks who public apathy over climate change.””
consumption via the Web, TV doesn’’t want to help the cause and The 10:10 campaign was launched
news needs to make a case as two students raise their hands she in September of 2009 and had the
to why it is relevant. literally blows them to smithereens, goal of reducing carbon emissions
That is another argument in blood and guts splattered everywhere. by 10 percent in order to prevent the
and of itself. The lm continues with this same planet’’s chances of having a climate
motif, moving from the classroom catastrophe.
into an ofce and from there to a So far more than 96,000 have signed
Soccer eld where the legendary up to help.
Peter Crouch speaks on behalf of the Although ““No Pressure”” the lm
movement while another mans head was a complete train wreck, the 10:10
gets blown off. movement is something that everyone
Curtis went for something that should take interest in.

Teen Suicides Highlighted By Celebrities, Not Just A Recent Issue

Spanning headlines across
the nation recently have been
the harrowing deaths of bullied
teens.
Recently, Tyler Clementi, Asher
Brown, and so many others in the
past have made the rash decision to
hastily cut their lives far too short.
But is this melancholy-instilling
torment that we’’ve heard so much
about as of late really causing
some sort of angst-driven suicide
epidemic?
The fact is, this kind of hateful
harassment has been creating an
afiction in teens around the world
for years.
According to afsp.org, suicide
is the third leading cause of death
among teenagers.
Sarah Wilson •• News Editor
sawilson@hartford.edu
Twitter: @swyzleh
Of those deaths countless were
directly linked to the cruelty of fellow
classmates and coworkers.
This past week a video produced
by talk show host Ellen DeGeneres
circulated regarding the recent death
of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi,
urging people to ““not let intolerance
and ignorance end another kid’’s life.””
Since then, an explosion of media
coverage on the subject seems to
have prompted nationwide aware-
ness.
Thankfully exposure from De-
Generes has caused this problem to
surface and solutions can hopefully
be found. But it shouldn’’t have to
take the retweeting of a celebrity-
endorsed YouTube video for critical
issues like these to be perceived as
important enough to do something
about.
This isn’’t the rst time we’’ve
seen a teen tormented in the same
demeaning fashion.
17-year-old Eric Mohat was
driven to suicide in 2007 when a
bully told him ““go home and shoot
yourself”” in front of their fellow
classmates.
The exact same method of op-
pression was used to cause this
young boy to ruthlessly end his
life, a tragedy that deserved just
as much compassion as the ones
this past month.
Yet the acknowledgment of a
need for change didn’’t come about
until now, three years later when
every news station, paper and
magazine are reporting on the lat-
est prevention methods and every
trace of teenage bullying.
Stars such as Kathy Griffin,
Wanda Sykes, and Lance Bass
gathered on Larry King Live Mon-
day night to discuss the appalling
actions of peers at the root of these
recent suicides.
Nationally known entertainers
can come from every corner to
address an issue and America
will jump on the moral-reform
bandwagon, but without a nod of
approval from media or someone
in the spotlight, the imperative
struggle for society’’s betterment
would have gone unnoticed.
Unfortunately, all this shows is
that as a country we need to crush
any fear of encouraging change in
observable societal issues, and per-
sist with matters we nd important.
Because if we wait around for
exuberant talk show hosts to de-
clare something an issue, there’’s no
telling how many urgent dilemmas
will go unnoticed.

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Entertainment
Facebook Founding Realized In ‘‘Social Network’’
By Jeremy Stanley
Editor-in-Chief
There aren’’t any kabooms, gun-
shots or high-speed chases called
for in Aaron Sorkin’’s ““The Social
Network”” script and nor should
there be.
No, a biopic on the founder of
Facebook Mark Zuckerberg prob-
ably should include Mountain Dew
(it does), blogging (it does) and bit-
ing, compelling dialog (surprise!).
““The Social Network”” should
stand as one of the year’’s best
lms and one of the most culturally
signicant lms in recent years.
Sorkin’’s brilliantly crafted dia-
logue cuts right through the visuals
of the Columbia logo. The viewer
is brought in during a conversa-
tion between Zuckerberg (Jesse
Eisenberg) and his girlfriend Erica
(Rooney Mara).
The conversation turns into
a war of words and ends into a
bitter breakup. Erica delivers the
line that ultimately becomes the
characterization of Zuckerburg
for the entirety of the lm, ““But
you’’re going to go through life
thinking that girls don’’t like you
because you’’re a nerd. And I want
you to know, from the bottom of
my heart, that that won’’t be true.
It’’ll be because you’’re an asshole.””
This turns out to be the night that
Facemash is born, a site where users
(well, men, mostly) can vote on the
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Kanye Adds Variety To SNL Stage, Performance
Kanye West returned to Saturday Night Live last week to perform new material and make amends with the cast through self censorship in his song ““Power.””
By Lisa Schwartz- Neubauer
Staff Writer
Kanye West stepped up and
brought energy to the stage as the
musical guest on Saturday Night
Live alongside host Bryan Cran-
ston from the hit television show
““Breaking Bad.””
Saturday Night Live and West
have not been on the best of terms
ever since SNL did a skit making
fun of him after the Taylor Swift
incident at the VMAs in 2009.
But now it seems they have
made up and West came back
for the fourth time on the show,
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hotness of Harvard girls (Zuckerberg
hacked into Harvard’’s servers to get
ID photos of all of the women).
Facemash turns out to be an
overnight success and crashes the
servers on Harvard’’s campus, there-
by creating some undue attention to
Zuckerburg. But he’’s approached by
the Winklevoss twins (played by the
singular Armie Hammer) who come
to him with the idea for Harvard
Connection- a social networking
site exclusive to Harvard students
to meet other students for dating
purposes.
Sometime after that meeting,
Zuckerberg gets the brilliant idea
for a social networking site that only
allows users with a ““harvard.edu””
e-mail address access. It lets people
upload prole pictures and maintain
a biography page. He shares it with
friend Eduardo Savarin (Andrew
Gareld), who provides the cash
needed to get thefacebook.com off
the ground running. They are eerily
similar ideas, which becomes one
of the legal battles that intertwine
in the timeline of the early days of
Facebook.
David Fincher (““Se7en””) directed
the lm, and it goes without saying
that the visuals are purely beautiful.
One particularly impressive scene
is one where the Winklevoss twins
participate in a rowing tournament
in England, where the photography
is reminiscent of ““tilt shift”” style——
which makes objects look miniature
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performing two recent hit songs,
““Power”” and ““Runaway”” off of his
upcoming album which is scheduled
to be released in November.
West put on one of the most
elaborate performances SNL has
ever had, and he made sure SNL
knew how he felt about them by
choosing to perform the song
““Power”” where in the original lyrics
he talks negatively on the cast and
crew of SNL.
However he surprisingly chose
to change the lyrics when he per-
formed making his hatred towards
SNL seem not so bad.
He chose to transform the entire
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““The Social Network”” topped the box ofce its opening weekend banking $22 million.
with a focusing trick.
It’’s hard to nd a weak point in
this lm, but if there is one Achille’’s
heel that the lm faces it’’s reality.
The book it’’s based upon, Ben
Mezrich’’s ““The Accidental Bil-
lionaires,”” comes with the caveat
that the author guesses how situ-
ations played out. If there is one
negative, it’’s that the public will
come away feeling that this is the
end-all, be-all explanation of how
Facebook came to be.
Regardless of separating fact
from ction, the fact is this: ““The
stage as well. Instead of going
along with the original Grand
Central Terminal backdrop, he
began the song ““Power”” on top of
a chair wearing a bright red suit
with a few gold chains around
his neck.
The stage was completely white
so that the only thing that stood
out was West himself.
Ballet like dancers were on the
oor covered with pale sheets
which were pulled off as the rst
chorus dropped revealing women
of all different ethnicities in all
white leotards.
““Runaway,”” the second song
Social Network”” has so much
going for it. Eisenberg should be
nominated for an Oscar for best
lead actor in a dramatic role. Justin
Timberlake turns in an also Oscar-
worthy performance as Sean Parker
an investor in Facebook, who also
invented Napster.
Aaron Sorkin’’s screenplay is wor-
thy of all of the praise it gets, as the
dialog is just spot on as humorous
and charged. Trent Reznor and At-
ticus Ross’’ score mixes techno and
is effective in driving the lm. One
particularly charged scene that ends
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West performed was a revised ver-
sion of West’’s 2010 Video Music
Awards Performance. With the same
white backdrop and red suit, over a
dozen women dancers were in tutus
holding classic ballet poses in sync
with the tempo of the song.
West brought out Pusha T half way
through which followed the same
pattern as the VMA performance
in September. As the show came to
an end it seemed like West and SNL
made up and hopefully will have no
more issues in the future.
Saturday Night Live began its 36th
season Sept. 25 with new skits and
four new cast members that are prov-
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with a reveal has a moment where
it sounds like the air is sucked out
of the room.
There are so many ways that
this movie can be interpreted: a
boy genius’’ rise to power, how the
web and the college experience
has been completely radicalized
and has made people and their
acquaintances closer or intellectual
property theft. At any rate, this lm
does have an impact, just as the
website does.
As Zuckerberg says in the lm,
““we don’’t know what it is yet.””
ing themselves to be pretty funny.
Chicago improv comedians
Vanessa Bayer and Paul Brittain,
stand up comic Jay Pharoah and
comedic actor Taran Killam of The
Groundlings all joined the show
while Will Forte who has been with
the show since 2002 left.
Amy Poehler came back to kick
the season off last week as the host
and you can look forward to seeing
Jane Lynch, Emma Stone and John
Hamm as hosts in the future.
Saturday Night Live has had its
strong years and its not so strong
years but so far it looks like it is
off to a good start.
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Verizon Billing Glitch Costs Customers Millions
What began as a aw in the phone
software at Verizon Wireless ended
up incorrectly charging mobile
phone users fees ranging from $2
to $6, effectively reaching over
15 million customers over several
years.
The charges are estimated to be
$50 million and are considered the
largest rebate every issued by a
mobile phone company.
““The majority of the data sessions
involved minor data exchanges
caused by software built into their
phones; others included accessing
certain Web links, which should not
have incurred charges,”” the Verizon
statement said.
Considered one of the best mobile
phone providers in the country, to
make a mistake that big and know
about it for over eight months is
outrageous.
Verizon has been under investi-
gation for the false charges since
January of this year and the FCC
have found pertinent evidence dat-
ing further back than 2010.
““We’’re gratied to see Verizon
agree to nally repay its customers.
But questions remain as to why it
took Verizon two years to reimburse
Maroon 5 Return With ‘‘Dexter’’ Continues
Energy, Infectious New Songs Thrilling Saga
Maroon 5 released their rst new album in three years titled ““Hands All Over”” last week.
By Kelsey Sterling
Special to the Informer
Maroon 5 have emerged from
a lengthy hiatus with their new
album titled ““Hands All Over,”” the
follow-up to 2007’’s ““It Won’’t Be
Soon Before Long.””
Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael,
James Valentine, Mickey Mad-
den and Matt Flynn worked with
renowned producer Robert ““Mutt””
Lange while recording the album
in Switzerland. Its upbeat, bluesy
hooks make for a catchy new sound.
On the first single ““Misery,””
front man Adam Levine’’s voice
exudes emotion and delivers foot-
tapping verses as well as ““Stutter””
and ““Hands All Over.”” Although
clearly pop-inuenced, each song
incorporates funky guitar riffs and
fun rhythms.
The album as a whole is typical
Maroon 5 with a fresh and unique
spin; a mix of rock, pop, funk and
R&B.
The popular rst single ““Misery””
contains ironic lyricism telling of
a miserable love, but is an oddly
uplifting tune, which is difcult to
not sing along with.
The rhythm section locks down
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its customers and why greater
disclosure and other corrective
actions did not come much, much
sooner,”” FCC enforcement bureau
chief Michelle Ellison said.
The technical malfunction,
known about by Verizon, will con-
tinue to be investigated by the FCC.
As for the rebate, the company has
agreed to add credits to the accounts
of current users while former ones
will receive a check.
The report claims ““Verizon
Wireless values our customer rela-
tionships and we always want to do
the right thing for our customers.””
When ““the right thing”” does not
get done in a timely manner, one is
forced to ask the legitimacy of one
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the groove, creating an infectious
beat. ““Stutter”” starts off with fairly
upbeat verses, however towards the
end of the chorus the sound shifts
from a feel-good major sound to an
edgier minor one. This assortment
is a perfect display of signature
Maroon 5 in a fresh, new context.
““Out of Goodbyes”” featuring
Lady Antebellum is a country-
inuenced ballad, out of the norm
for a Maroon 5 tune. It is refreshing
to hear them pull outside inuences
in and incorporate them into their
own personal sound, however, the
chemistry between Adam Levine
and Lady Antebellum is almost
nonexistent and makes for a less
than interesting song.
““Give a Little More”” is a fast-
paced, head-bopping tune with
quick vocals and a very apparent
Maroon 5 style, however, the song
falls at.
Levine’’s voice continues along a
monotonous line throughout, and
the lyrics are uninteresting. There
is no denitive aspect of the song
that makes it stand out amongst the
rest other than that you can move
to it, sort of.
““Just a Feeling”” takes a break
from the upbeat chaos of the ma-
entertainment
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of the top names in wireless phones customers truth when unexplained the air criminally by stealing from
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jority of the album and shows us
a softer, more subtle side of the
band. Adam Levine’’s thoughtful
lyrics and effortless emotion cre-
ate a sweet, subtle tone that tears
away from the typical dance sound,
reminiscent to the single ““She Will
Be Loved”” from their 2004 album,
““Songs About Jane.””
Each song on the album is catchy
and energetic in its own way but
none exactly stand out as hits.
There isn’’t a single tune on the
CD that will change the face of
music; however Adam Levine’’s
distinct and incomparable voice
makes up for the lacking effect
by giving the generally mediocre
album a signature feel.
Most of the songs are unfor-
tunately supercial and don’’t do
much to tug at our heartstrings,
but nonetheless provide fun hooks
and beats that will be stuck in your
head for days.
Although it is a decent album
overall, one would think that after
a three-year wait since their last al-
bum Maroon 5 would have worked
up a more thought-provoking,
innovative sound in an attempt to
reinvent themselves. Not the case,
but still a very worthy attempt.
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By Danielle Nielsen
Special to the Informer
The Showtime hit series ““Dexter””
premiered its fth season Sunday
Sept. 26 with a thrilling and sus-
penseful opener.
This season has been the most
anticipated one yet. ““Dexter”” is
based around the main character
Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall),
a serial killer who is resistant to
feeling any human emotion. Ironi-
cally, Dexter works for The Miami
Metro Police Department as a blood
splatter analyst.
He has had deep psychological
issues since he was young when
he witnessed the murder of his own
biological mother. Harry Morgan, a
Miami cop, adopted young Dexter
after this horrifying experience.
Harry has always noticed Dexter
had the inability to show emotion.
He taught Dexter how to ““fake”” his
way through social experiences to
convince others around him that
he’’s normal. Harry had also en-
couraged Dexter’’s killing sprees
as long as the victims had done evil
in someway.
Throughout the seasons he has
always maintained a close relation-
ship with his sister Deb, then later
developing an intimate relationship
with Rita, which is unlike his non-
human ways.
It was always tough for Dexter
to keep up his facade of normalcy
while being a serial killer by night.
His hobby of killing only grew more
difcult once he married Rita and
had to be a father to her children.
With sneaking around, working for
Miami Metro, fake identities, and an
insatiable thirst for blood, ““Dexter””
gives the viewers a look into the life
of a psychopath.
With the nale of season four
where Dexter found his wife Rita
dead at home, viewers were left with
an unanswered murder where there
could have been multiple outcomes
in the premiere of season ve.
Dexter heard the cries of his
baby Harrison covered in his own
mother’’s blood, when he discovered
Rita’’s body. The opening of season
ve’’s episode titled ““My Bad,””
Dexter still remained paralyzed in
shock while holding his crying son.
When the FBI showed up to his
house he uttered the words, ““It was
me.”” His sister Deb and the FBI
knew these were the wrong words
to say after his wife was murdered.
Throughout funeral arrangements
and friends and family providing
their sympathetic efforts, Dexter
showed no signs of remorse. Al-
though this was normal for him,
everyone around him found this
very suspicious.
Dexter ran away right before his
wife’’s funeral as if he was blocking
out the reality of the situation. With
having a hallucination of speaking
with his dead father Harry told him
that it’’s okay to show the emotion
that he is feeling.
He came to grips with himself and
went back to the funeral to be around
his family and friends. It seems as if
Dexter is starting to show signs of
human emotion towards the end of
the season premiere when he gave
the eulogy at the funeral. This may
reveal a change in his lifestyle when
he has to take care of his family and
curb his serial killer instincts.
Michael C. Hall’’s acting is con-
vincing and really pulls the viewers
into his role of a serial killer. This
season will not be a disappointment
with director’’s consistent work of
providing cliffhangers at the end of
every episode.
The scenes are bone chilling and
pull us in to root for the evil charac-
ter, which is unlike most television
series. Season ve of ““Dexter”” will
be unexpected as we follow his
life of being more of a father than
a serial killer. There will be more
to follow as the thrilling season
progresses this fall.
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Colonials Prep For Saturday, Coach Palmer Is Condent

ADAM MANISON
The Colonials heated up the practice eld on Monday, Hartford will host Florida on Sat. Oct. 9.

By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
Chris Palmer ended his NFL
coaching career when he retired
from the New York Giants last
January –– but he has only just begun
his work as head coach for the UFL
Hartford Colonials.
With 38 years and counting,
Palmer’’s career as a football coach
is far from over.
““Now I have my chance to give
back to the game that has been so
good to me,”” Palmer said.
Under a cloudy, foreboding sky,
the fifty-two Hartford Colonial
players pounded up and down the
practice eld on Monday.
It was breezy and cold on the
sidelines in Sage Park, but the
Colonials worked up a sweat out
on the eld –– this is because Coach
Palmer treats the semi-pro team
no differently than he did the New
York Giants.
““There’’s really no difference in
the way things are done here than
the way I did things in the NFL for
twenty-years,”” Palmer said. ““Doug
Flutie was at our practice at the
beginning of September, and he
said that the Colonials looked like
a professional team practicing.””
Palmer has high hopes for the
Hartford Colonials and commends
their ability to work together as
a team.
““At the beginning of the season
the team came together to vote for
captains,”” Palmer said, ““the team
recommended 29 candidates for
captain out of our 52 total play-
ers, they are a very cohesive, tight
knit group with a lot of talent and
respect for one another.””
Currently 1-1 on the season,
the Hartford Colonials’’ roster
comprises both young and veteran
talent, Palmer is condent that the
success of the Colonials will not
only benet rookie players but the
state of Connecticut as well.
““We’’re trying to develop talent,””
Palmer said, ““and some players
take a little bit longer to reach
their full potential. I hope to allow
players to improve and succeed
with the Colonials, it would be
good for Connecticut if the team
is successful,”” Palmer added.
The Hartford Colonials return
to Rentschler Field in Hartford
for the second time this season
on Saturday, Oct. 9. After opening
their season with a sold-out win
on Sept. 18, the Colonials return
home to face the Florida Tuskers
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Tickets cost $10, but on Oct. 9 Chris Palmer began his football coaching career in 1972.
and 16, the Colonials will honor
the men and women of the U.S.
armed forces by offering free tick-
ets for service members, and $5 UPCOMING GAMES:
tickets for their friends and family.
Palmer is condent in his team
as he looks towards Saturday’’s THURSDAY, October 7:
game. > Women’’s soccer vs. Boston U. @ 7 p.m. HOME*
Palmer says he is hoping to
““always improve players,”” just as FRIDAY, October 8:
he always has since 1972. > Men’’s tennis (away) @ Quinnipiac Invitational

Pro-Athletes ‘‘Don’’t Ask, Don’’t Tell’’ SATURDAY, October 9:

> Men’’s tennis (away) @ Quinnipiac Invitational
> Men’’s soccer (away) vs. Boston U. @ 2 p.m.
A wave of sadness and shock reso- > Hartford Colonials vs. Florida @ 3 p.m. HOME*
nated across the country last week > XC (away) @ New England Championship
when Rutgers University freshman,
Tyler Clementi, leapt off a bridge to SUNDAY, October 10:
his death because he was humiliated > Men’’s tennis (away) @ Quinnipiac Invitational
for being gay. > Volleyball (away) vs. UMBC @ 2 p.m.

MONDAY & TUESDAY October 11-12:

> Men’’s golf (away) @ The Connecticut Cup
WEDNESDAY, October 13:
> Women’’s tennis (away) vs. Providence @ 3 p.m.
> Men’’s soccer (away) vs. Binghampton @ 7 p.m.

Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
jrut424@yahoo.com
Twitter: @InformerSports
In the aftermath of this trag-
edy, people across America have
started to reevaluate the dire need
for change and tolerance towards
homosexuals.
Very few professional athletes
have admitted to being gay. Part of
the reason for this is because of the
stereotyping and discrimination that
still plagues our society.
The title of an ESPN article says
it all: ““The Last Closet: Sports.””
The broad shoulders, toned
muscles and sheer physical en-
durance that professional athletes
demonstrate has been amplied to
encompass the epitome of what an
ideal man should be.
Conversely, the overarching
stereotype for homosexual men is
perceived by many as a amboyant,
feminine fashionista who has impec-
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cable taste and no desire to watch
sports, much less participate in them.
But reality blatantly rejects these
ignorant, antiquated cultural ste-
reotypes, and former NBA player,
John Amaechi is a living testa-
ment.
Towering at a height of 6
feet 10 inches, and weighing
nearly 270 pounds, the handsome
British-born athlete had a nearly
decade-long career playing for
the NBA.
Amaechi was even offered a $17
million contract to play for the Los
Angeles Lakers in 2000, but he
turned it down to remain with his
team, the Orlando Magic.
After retiring from the NBA,
Amaechi published a memoir
entitled ““Man in the Middle””
where he admitted that he was
gay. Amaechi made history as the
rst NBA player to ever publicly
come out .
Amaechi was one of only six
professional male athletes that
had ever come out publicly to
discuss his homosexuality when
the memoir was published only
three years ago.
““Professional sports are very
Ancient-Greek in their philoso-
phy, that this [pro-athlete] is the
pinnacle of man –– that’’s what
people think,”” Amaechi said in
an interview with ESPN.
Since retiring from the NBA,
Amaechi has devoted much of
his time to various charitable
organizations such as the ABC
Foundation, aimed to encourage
children to play sports and do
well in school. The courage and
strength of character that Amaechi
demonstrated by coming out as a
professional athlete far surpasses
his physical strength and talent
as a basketball player; the gay
community, especially the youth,
need more role models like John
Amaechi.
But when pro-athletes admit
to being gay, especially men, it
changes the public’’s opinion of
that athlete, it is almost if ““the mu-
sic stops,”” as Amaechi described.
Encouraging gay pro-athletes
to come out to the public will not
solve the problem of homopho-
bia, stereotypes and bullying.
However, openly gay pro-athletes
can play a vital role in bolstering
youth self-acceptance by setting an
example of courage and tolerance.
Dartmouth University profes-
sor and openly gay athlete, Jeff
Sheng, photographs gay high
school and collegiate athletes, for
his photography project entitled
““Fearless.””
““‘‘Fearless’’ is out to prove that
the world of sports is actually
lled with courageous, talented,
and competitive homosexual
athletes,”” according to Passport
Magazine online.
““Fearless”” has been displayed at
over 40 venues around the country
and was also featured at the 2010
Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Legalizing gay marriage, diluting
stereotypes and desensitizing the
American public to homosexuality
is the only way that kids like Tyler
Clementi will have the courage to ac-
cept themselves for who they are and
be accepted as they are by society.
 the informer sports october 7, 2010 page 11

Rugby Hits Field, Rain Or Shine

By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
Hawktober weekend festivities
were canceled on Friday due to
rain, but the men’’s rugby team
was thrilled to practice, caked
with mud, as they dove and
sprinted across the Village Lawn.
““We love the rain, we’’ll play,
rain or shine,”” said sophomore
player Andy Page.
Although the men’’s rugby team
went on to lose their game against
Western New England College
(WNEC) last weekend, both the
veteran and freshman recruits are
very enthusiastic about playing
rugby, and the future of the team.
““We’’re a young team,”” said Page
who played rugby in high school.
““A lot of guys don’’t know how
to play rugby, but we have a solid
defense,”” he said.
Freshmen Zack Fanslaw and
Dillon Quadrato both signed up
to play rugby after learning about
the team at the club fair held in
Alumni Plaza at the beginning of
the school year.
““I had never played rugby be-
fore,”” said Quadrato. ““But I played
football and I wanted to try play-
ing rugby.””
With ve games in the club’’s
0-3 season, the rugby team looks
to continue to improve and work
hard to win some games.
The rugby team practices on
the eld Tuesday, Thursday and
Fridays, with conditioning on
Monday and Wednesday nights to
prep for Saturday games.
So if you see a group of guys
running around campus at 10
p.m., don’’t be alarmed, it’’s just
the men’’s rugby team working
hard to condition and win games.

ADAM MANISON
Women’’s soccer defense remains strong, needs to score.

UHa, Albany Tie 0-0

By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
On Sunday, Oct. 3, the University
of Hartford women’’s soccer team
took on the Albany Great Danes,
the game ended with a scoreless tie.
The Great Danes appeared to have
increasing momentum shooting
the ball 18 times during the game,
but only ve shots were on target.
Conversely, the Hawks shot the ball
seven times and three of these were
on goal.
The Lady Hawks made some
adjustments at the half, manifesting
more responsible offensive plays
while maintaining their solid defense,
but Hartford came up empty-handed.
The Great Danes rallied back with
some last second attempts to net a
goal, but they were also unable
to score.
““The defense was great today,
we really didn’’t give up many
chances,”” said Coach John Natale
in a post-game interview on Hart-
fordhawks.com.
““The past ve or six games I think
we have been solid as a team with
the defending aspect of the game,””
said Natale.
After two overtime periods,
neither team could best the other,
Hartford women’’s soccer currently
stands at 4-6-3 overall for the 2010
season.
Women’’s soccer will take on
No. 1 Boston University at home
in Alumni Stadium on Thursday,
Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. For tickets, call ADAM MANISON
860-768-HAWKS. Rookie freshmen players on the rugby team are eager to play and win games.

Volume 34, Issue 06
UHa Men’’s Soccer Wins With Seconds To Spare
By Hayden Harrower
Staff Writer
The fans, alumni, and Portuguese
community all showed up to witness
an exciting 1-0 win for Hartford
men’’s soccer as they beat the Albany
Great Danes on Oct. 2.
With only 27 seconds left in the
game, junior Patrick Boucher scored
the winning goal, assisted by junior
Jorge Rodriguez.
At the start of the game, it appeared
to be a strategic match-up that was
dominated by defense, as the Hawks
only allowed three shots on goal and
had only a single a shot on goal of
their own for the rst half.
But as the temperature began to get
colder, the Hawks began to heat up
offensively.
The Hawks came out aggressive
right at the start of the second half
shooting the ball six times within
the rst twelve and a half minutes of
the rst half, three of which were on
target. But only allowing one shot,
which was on target.
Frustration began to build with
both teams, when both the Hawks
and Great Danes received two yellow
cards within the ensuing fourteen
minutes.
The scoreboard remained un-
changed displaying 0-0.
After each team received their
Hartford Athletes Give
Back To Community
By Jessica Rutledge
Sports Editor
Student-athletes at the University
of Hartford are extremely dedicated
to being the best out on the playing
eld, now, student-athletes will also
dedicate their best efforts off the
eld through the College For Every
Student (CFES) education initiative.
The America East Conference rst
collaborated with the CFES last De-
cember, with a focus on leadership
through service, pathways to college
and mentoring.
CFES efforts currently extend
to 132 elementary, middle or high
schools in 20 states across the U.S.,
the nonprot organization serves
nearly 15,000 low-income students.
At the end of October, 50 Hawk
Hawks’’ Warren Lane & Maggie Sabatino are members of CFES.
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The men’’s soccer team welcomed back alumni during Hawktober Weekend last Saturday.
penalties, both buckled down and
created late-game opportunities.
Corner kicks and drives down the
eld, although close, proved to be
unsuccessful.
All signs pointed towards extra
student-athletes will be-
gin working with students
from Camen Arace Middle
School.
Members of the University of
Hartford’’s basketball, tennis,
track and eld teams recently
attended the CFES workshop.
The workshop included a
meeting with representatives
from Carmen Arace Middle
School.
The students and school rep-
resentatives established ideas
and goals for their partnership
with the University of Hartford
this year.
Through their efforts, leadership
service and role as mentors, Hart-
ford athletes will help brighten the
future of 50 local students.
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game time.
The Hawks had one last hope
by being rewarded a corner kick
the last minute of the game, taken
by senior Sam Groves.
The ball was immediately
Court One was dedicated to Bernie Epstein, a member of UHa’’s rst tennis team.
Tennis Honors 1961 Alumnus
By Charlie Paullin
Staff Writer
Hartford tennis kicked-off the
highly-anticipated Hawktober
Weekend by honoring one of its
founding players, Bernie Epstein.
On Saturday, Oct. 2, the Hart-
ford tennis teams dedicated Court
One at the university to Bernie
Epstein, a 1961 Hartford gradu-
ate and member of the rst-ever
men’’s tennis team.
““Bernie was the kind of guy
who, when he saw something
to commit himself to, he did it
without question,”” said head
coach Michael Raymond. ““That’’s
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bounced out of the box, being
captured by a Hartford defenseman.
Groves then passed the ball to
Rodriguez, who played an excellent
cross to the center of the box only
then to be knocked in by Boucher
what speaks to me as a coach. We
obviously thank him a lot for the
contributions that he has made,””
Raymond said.
““Today is an important symbolic
day for me, in that we depend on
the kindness of our friends,”” Presi-
dent Walter Harrison said at the
dedication ceremony. ““Today, we are
celebrating Bernie Epstein’’s kindness
to the Hartford tennis program.””
Harrison ““Really brought the at-
mosphere to a prestigious level,”” said
women’’s team member sophomore
Emily Willhoft. ““There was a very
excited energy, Howie the Hawk
was there pumping everyone up.
We all agreed how much of an honor
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for the winning score with less than
a minute left in regulation.
Many alumni were present to
support the present men’’s soccer
team, after playing the alumni game
earlier on Oct. 2.
The playful match ended with a
even score of 5-5.
Members of the University of
Hartford’’s 1996 men’’s soccer team
were honored during halftime for
their valiant efforts.
In 1996, these honorees reached
the Elite Eight of the men’’s soccer
national championship tournament,
and ended with Hartford’’s best
season in school history.
Another group recognized at half
time was the Portuguese folklore
dancing group of the Hartford
community, who performed a
traditional Portuguese dance at
half time.
The national anthem of Portugal
also played at the start of the game
in the spirit of Portuguese night,
which had a huge turnout.
Many members of the Portuguese
community came to support the
Hawks, waving their ags in the
stands, rooting on the home team.
The men’’s soccer team has a two-
game road trip at Boston University
and at Binghamton Oct. 9 and 13,
respectively, but comes back Oct.
16 to face New Hampshire at 7 p.m.
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it was to receive Bernie Epstein’’s
contributions.””
That positive energy continued
with fun, friendly tennis matches that
were highlighted by clear sunshine
and warm weather, the perfect addi-
tion to the ceremony.
The day as a whole could not have
been put any better than how Willhoft
concluded, ““The ceremony was a
really nice way of getting the tennis
program promoted.””
Now sitting just outside the gate
entrance to the Hartford tennis courts
stands the plaque which reads, ““Ep-
stein Court. Dedicated in memory of
Bernard T. Epstein, Class of 1961.
October 2, 2010.””

Volume 34, Issue 06
The Informer
Relay For Life Raises Over $40K For Cancer Research
By Linnea Donnelly
Staff Writer
This Friday, Oct. 1 marked the day of
one of the biggest fundraising events for
the American Cancer Society.
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom
of night strays these active philanthropists
from camping out on GSU lawn in order
to make a difference. Relay for Life is an
all-night and day event where teams take
turns walking or running around a track
or eld in a noncompetitive way. Friday
marked the University of Hartford’’s an-
nual event
Christina Owczarek, Community Ex-
ecutive, Development of the American
Cancer Society, said ““the event was very
successful this year.”” Over 700 students,
faculty, staff and alumni registered and
showed up for the walk, even taking into
consideration the rainy weather.
In regards to how much was raised in
all, the goal was $60,000 and from this
weekend $40,000 was raised and is to be
donated to the ght against cancer. Dona-
tions to help them reach their goal will be
accepted until March 31, 2011.
Owczarek says that this is will help the
American Cancer Society in their mission
of ““funding cancer research, education,
advocacy, and patient services””.
Friday’’s events were entirely put on
by students and faculty. They worked
extremely hard organizing the event so
Hartford Colonials Will Take On Florida This Saturday
The Colonials highly anticipated second home game takes place this Saturday against the Florida Tuskers at Rentschler Field in
Hartford. Find out more on page 10.
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The University launched its own
Sustainability website.
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it could be as great as it turned out to be.
Participant and donor Lauren Parson-
age, a freshman in the College of ENHP,
said that Relay for Life is ““such a reward-
ing and fullling experience everyone can
be a part of and it is for such a great cause””.
Parsonage then added ““it lets you really
value life.”” She also commented about
turnout due to the weather. ““It shows a
great deal of commitment and dedication.””
Freshman, Chad Ennis of the Barney
School of Business says ““I have done it for
years and I’’ll always keep coming back.””
Ennis participated in Relay for Life all
throughout high school.
His enthusiasm is just what Owczarek
expects to see from younger generations
today, for it is them who can make a change
for the better.
Owczarek hopes to have a couple small
fundraisers throughout the year in hopes
of reaching their goal and encourage all
participants to continue fundraising.
Parsonage was truly moved by the event.
She says that ““it is such a great feeling to
see so many people come together to sup-
port relay and help the ght against cancer.””
The University of Hartford and the Ameri-
can Cancer Society would like to thank
immensely everyone who participated and
made generous donations to this great event.
If anyone is interested in learning more
about Relay or would like to help the Ameri-
can Cancer Society reach their goal of $60 COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.COM
thousand, visit www.hartford.edu/relay. University students help raise awareness and money for cancer research.
Find Fall Fun
By Sarah Wilson
News Editor
This weekend, the Office of
Residential Life will be hosting
Fallapalooza in celebration of the
fall season and a new semester
underway.
The event is similar to the annual
““Freshman Fun Day,”” but will be
geared exclusively to upperclass-
men.
Hosted by the Ofce of Residential
Life, students living in Regents Park,
Park River, The Village, or E and F
complex are invited to the Village
lawn between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on
Saturday, Oct. 9 for food and fun.
Activities, games and inatables
comparable to activities provided
during Spring Fling will be available
for students to enjoy in the midst of
the weekend and sure to be one of the
most favorable days of this season.
Food will also be provided free
of charge. Vendors such as Dunkin
Donuts, Wings Over Hartford, as
well as seasonal favorites like candy
apples and cotton candy will be read-
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So take a break from the usual
sluggish Saturday afternoon spent
recovering and stop by Fallapalooza
to revamp the latter part of the typi-
cal weekend.
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